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Plant Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Blue Gum; Eucalypt; Tasmanian Bluegum
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.49 Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
ALPHA-GUAIENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 31500.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 6000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Shoot not available 65.0 0.14 Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Essential Oil not available 1000.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 83000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 343000.0 0.46 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Shoot not available 3000.0 7.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available 52000.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 40900.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 1250.0 8750.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 260000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot not available 119000.0 11.72 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.48 Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available 9000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antianoxic 1 Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 56 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibiotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 13 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 4 Duke, 1992 *